Combined sectional tire and wheel-rim.



RM HENRY. UOMBTNED SEGTIGNA'L TIRE AND WHEEL RIM.

APPLIOATION IILBD JANJI, 1911. Patented Nov. 28, 1911..

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Beit knownihat I, FRANK M.

lyn, in the county. ofQKings and State of New York, have inven'teda new and Tm proved Combined 'sectional Tire and 'Wheel- 7 Rim, of which'the following is a full,clear,' p

' on top ofi'eachball 9, is a circular flat sur and exact description.

I fromwhichradiate spokes 2, connected at theirrouter ends toa rim 3. Thisv rim has a 31 Without necessitating 'My invent on compr ses a sectional tire SO CODStIHCtGd xas-uto localize damage; in order: that when any part of thetire iscut or injured it can be removed and replaced the substitution'of a Wholenew tire. 5;: e. 1 I It -also comprises means whereby titans-of the tire are removably. held in -place on the"rim-of a wheel to which they are Reference is; to ,be had to the accompany-.- in'g drawings forminga part of this speci- I fication, inwhich: similar characters of ref erenceindicatecorresponding. parts in all theiviewsj a 25' e-zsFi-gure l .is1aps1deview of a wheel with-the SCtllOIlSLO-f my improved tire in position; 2 isral cross-section taken on'the line 2- 2, of Fig gl isa crosssection taken the line-3753 of Fig. 1.; andfFig. 4 is a perspective ,v-iewofpone of the tire sections ini-the formwhich I prefer to employ.

(3n the drawings, 1 is thehub of 'a wheel,

convex innercsur'face 4, and a concave outer face-5.-;In the hott0m ofth s concave outer face is zan-annu'lar groove 6, which widens i-inward'i so as; toe-form annular ribs 7, -betweenrthe bottomof the groove 6 andthe -:outer'.'sur' face 0f1-:the tire'5,. v v v j On the concave surface 5,thejgroove 6-ex- -tends around the-outer circumference of the. f wheelerim 3,;Jandi atfapoint, on the saidcircumference the 1*.ihs.;:'Z;-are cu short page, shown at 8'.

widthof the groove 6. The ends :.of this opening are flush with the ends of theannular ribs 7,'Where they are cut away mit the opening to be formed.

to per The sections, of my tire are 1 preferably 7 Heifer, av citizen of the-United States, and a resident. of the city-ofNew York, borough of Brookthe secx Y t the same; point an 'opeffing8"1s"-'for.med in the rim of the tire, this openingpassingsthehethroughI in a radial direction, the sides fgthis opend. the width? a ence is .had tQJEIg, I 1 by'the numeral 141', and itco'n'sists'of twepivetnrczinvni'3 *snerxoilTLAIrgrinn- ANnwHnEn-nm. i l I v ball-shaped,as shown on Fig. 4:, and hav e Specification of Letters Patent. {Patented Nov. 28, 191-1; Application filed January ll, 1911.; Serial n 601,992.

integral oblong bases 10, the sides of, which are beveled, as shown at 11. This bevel is formed to make the same angle with the bot tom of the basel'O as is formed by thebottomand sides of the groove. 6, so that't-he base 10 will fit snugly into this groove and hold the ball in place. At the outer end,

face 12, this flat surface forming the tread slipping or skidding. The balls maybe .made hollow sons to inclose an .jinte'r'ior space 13, in which there is air, or they may be made .solid, if desired. To put the balls in place, the bases '10 are inserted into the opening .8. in the rimof the tire vunt-il'the bottom surfaces of the bases 10 lie flush with theb'ottom of the groove 6-' The baseof the ball is then pushed into the groove; 'an'dthis base can be made torslide around iii the groove until the ball reaches the point where it is to be held in place. The annularf ribs 7 engaging the'beveled sides 11 of the base lO of the ballsprevent-the same from dropping out or being torn loosefrom their seat in the outer face of the rim.

In mounting the ball sectionsofthe wheel I move the first ball around until it reaches a point diametrically opposite the opening in succession 'andmoved into the groove'ti from both ends of. the opening 8', until each seml-ciroumference'of the rim of the The remaining balls arethen inserted wheel contains all of the balls that it will hold; I then insert the last ball iuplace,

and the mounting of the tire is completed,

.mahing'Ithe-samereadyfor use L holdjthe last ball-in p lie-39mi hemmb ih Wheel 3' "suitable "lip, for the details'of win fer- This clip is .intli in otalIy-connectedmembers 15, which are bent to cross each other,zl ike the two parts of a pair of pincersi These members '15 have inwardly extending lugs 16, which receive a pivot pin 17,011 which the two members l a turn. Between the outer 'ends' oi this' clip is a 18, which is normalily under com- 'prmon and acts to forcezthe opposite ends; of the clip-to ether.-' At the opposite'ends' of this clip eac of the members is formed 5 with: Wers'e inner projection 19, which,

has the same cross-sectional size and-shape of-the annular ribs 7. Onth'e onterside s member l be1ow the -.proj ection. 19- areftilvo ontwardl extending leaf springs. "$9, 'vlhichengage t e'innersuriEaCe, of 't-he of the 'be%plflled out ofthe opening 8-'.'-j

Y en all ofthesections of-the tire have- 'beeninserted but'one, this Ias't'sectio'n con: ip v f causing-v the projee '1 s nested" engage the beveled as 11 0 nl- The'clip is then pushed i F l i g 8', and it'p'a 's' l. th he" springs v are] forced st o ther eflatf's'idesB of the, aperture 8! firmed by entting away .the ribs 7.1. Soon as the. spherical surfaee'otthe ball contacts with the concave outer surface of-thetire 1 rim, the springsad will' have passed" through ,25 the opening; and willffly outward from-the T of their own resilien y- Th result r 3.5 "b the clip lfrom being forced inward.- flzrongh the, opening 8 without necessitat the presencelof any device for prevent gEthe elip 14:1 rom-.- being" pushed inward throngh the opening 8' too far. v v 40 Should one of the ball'sectionsf of thetire y 'befci t or otherwise damaged,'. this ball" nds of the clip 15- and removing he. damagedi secti'onf a e then re- -that the section which is damaged me. P n n !8 th 9 "h. 5e mo e ]"The other j-ha flare. thenf..r e'- 6 an an'vlxaddi onal new ba lia'ddem he Ia st "hall put- .position' by. means F14, as in "the first instance.

in' the scope of my invention,

nevv and desire tosecure by Letters section' comprising a sp g ii fl tireand prevent. the clip;

:5 removed by pressing together ached thereto soas i t6 clear 1 the ,-The' ba] 1s between theopening ie p g i gr ve -6'- until it- I may ,make suchj 'changes in and size of the partsascieaidy g' thns described. my invention, I j;

beay', a baseseeured a gna boaygand t.pra;

jectlon formed on the opposite s'ideof-said' body and having a 'fl'atsurface forming tread for'the tire seetio'n;

2;. a "device." of the. class described the combination of :a wheelrim, 'acircumferenti a,1 groove-- in the outer face ofthe rim,.said

groove widening inward, an. opening passthrough the rim, said-opening being -of u n1form widthfandjthe width of'-'said 'open' ing'beingequal-to the maximum *-'vvidth .;of

said opening, said fastening'me'ans having.

to form af-continu'ation of the sides -otthe groove-."across: said opening, and f; having means 'to' be drawn outward thrm h 1 the opening whenoccasionrequires.

- 3. 1 a device ofthe class described, 1' combination ofa Wheel rim, a circumfereniti'al groove' in thejonter ac of the trim, 'saId groove widening lnvvard,"t1re sect10ns prevent the groove in the Tim, the endsofsaid'groove communicating -With the sides 'of said- .op'en' '1; ing', andfastening means fitting: within, :the

transverse inwardly-extending:projections means .forjengaglng .the rim" to prevent the fastening-means from being drawn outward "through the'opening, said engaging means."- being disengageable to permit-the fastening I having bases receivedfby-said groove, a1

radial op'ening thronghsaid rim, said openi ing being of imiformwidth-"and having its width equal-to the maximmm width of the jections forming a continnationlof. the [sides of the groove" across said opening,,-and means en'gagingf the --inn'er ism-face of .,the v rim to" .groove in the' rim, fastening means passing .1nt o said opening and havmg'transverse pro- I prevent the fastening means t fromf being I "of said sections heingzmounted on the;

drawn outward through-saidopening, one

rim opposite the opening, 'andl'h'avin its; base engaged-by the transverse projecions oitheiastfening means, to hold the same in] place, said engaging-'means on the fastenlng means ioeing disengagefable fromfthe rim of the: yvh'eel to permit the section mounted: onthe rim adjacent the opening,-and-the fasten other tire sections may then be removed by vslipping them one'hy one alongthe groove 'untilthevreach thesaid opening.

.' In testimony 'vvhereof I have signed my name to this. spec'ificationin the presence of two subscribing -vvitl esses,

f FRANK M. HENRY,"

witnessesz Geo. DELCHEB,

W;W I

'ing' means attached thereto, to be removed.

from the rim, whereby' any number of the 

